{"id":277125,"date":"2019-05-23T16:34:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T23:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.yardi.com\/?post_type=yardi-testimonials&#038;p=277125"},"modified":"2022-05-16T14:47:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T21:47:24","slug":"walton-communities-procure-pay","status":"publish","type":"yardi-testimonials","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/en-gb\/about-us\/success-stories\/walton-communities-procure-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Walton Communities on Procure to Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uk-container-expand uk-cover-container uk-height-medium uk-background-secondary uk-light uk-margin uk-flex uk-flex-center uk-flex-middle\">\n    <div class=\"uk-position-cover uk-background-image uk-background-cover uk-flex uk-flex-center uk-flex-middle\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/cmw-client-success\/public\/images\/generic\/4.jpg);\">\n    <div class=\"uk-width-4-5 uk-margin-auto uk-grid\">\n        <div class=\"uk-width-1-1 uk-width-auto@m uk-text-center uk-text-middle uk-overlay uk-overlay-primary uk-light uk-padding-small\" style=\"border:4px solid #fff;\">\n            <p class=\"uk-h2 uk-text-bold\">Client Success<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"uk-width-expand uk-text-left uk-text-middle uk-overlay uk-overlay-primary uk-light uk-padding-small uk-visible@m\" style=\"border:4px solid #fff; border-left:0px; min-width: 200px;\">\n            <p class=\"uk-h2 uk-text-bold\">Walton Communities <\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"uk-width-expand uk-text-left uk-text-middle uk-overlay uk-overlay-primary uk-light uk-padding-small uk-hidden@m\" style=\"border:4px solid #fff; border-top:0px; min-width: 200px;\">\n            <p class=\"uk-h3 uk-text-bold\">Walton Communities <\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"uk-container-large uk-margin-auto uk-padding-small uk-padding-remove@m\">\n<!-- breadcrumbs & download link -->\n        <div class=\"uk-align-left\">\n        <p class=\"uk-text-small\" id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <span>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/about-us\/success-stories\/\">Success Stories<\/a> \u00bb \n            <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Walton Communities on Procure to Pay<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"uk-text-right\">\n            <p class=\"uk-text-small\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/en-gb\/about-us\/success-stories\/walton-communities-procure-pay\/?format=pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"uk-link-text\">view\/download the pdf<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"uk-clearfix\"> <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uk-container-expand\">\n    <div class=\"uk-grid uk-grid-collapse uk-overflow-hidden\" uk-grid uk-height-match>\n        <div class=\"cmw-hm uk-width-2-3@m\">\n            <div class=\"uk-padding-large uk-padding-remove-vertical\">\n                <div uk-slider=\"center: true\">\n                    <div class=\"uk-position-relative uk-visible-toggle\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n                        <ul class=\"uk-slider-items uk-padding-horizontal uk-child-width-2-3@s uk-grid\">\n                                                                                    <li>\n                                <div class=\"\">\n                                    <blockquote>\n                                        <p class=\"uk-margin-small-bottom\">Our maintenance engineers can order what they need in the morning, have someone onsite approve it and get the order the same day.<\/p>\n                                        <footer class=\"uk-text-right\">Jennifer Price, IT Systems Trainer<\/footer>\n                                    <\/blockquote>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                        <li>\n                                <div class=\"\">\n                                    <blockquote>\n                                        <p class=\"uk-margin-small-bottom\">We adopted Yardi Procure to Pay because we wanted to go paperless to make procurement more efficient. I would say that 99 percent of our invoices are paperless now.<\/p>\n                                        <footer class=\"uk-text-right\">Jennifer Price, IT Systems Trainer<\/footer>\n                                    <\/blockquote>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                                                <\/ul>\n                        <a class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\" href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-previous uk-slider-item=\"previous\"><\/a>\n                        <a class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\" href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-next uk-slider-item=\"next\"><\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav uk-flex-center uk-margin\"><\/ul>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"uk-padding-large uk-padding-remove-vertical\">\n                <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n<h3 class=\"uk-margin-small\">The Company<\/h3>\n<p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">Walton Communities is a privately held company based in Marietta, Georgia. It develops, owns and manages apartment communities throughout metro-Atlanta and Augusta. With a heartfelt mission to serve its residents, Walton Communities is committed to providing exceptional residential, affordable and active adult housing at a great value in a friendly neighborhood environment.<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uk-margin\">\n<h3 class=\"uk-margin-small\">The Challenge<\/h3>\n<p class=\"uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">Cumbersome Procurement Processes<\/p>\n<p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">Walton Communities was manually managing procurement for its properties. Orders had to be handwritten, approved and keyed into the system by multiple people before being processed by vendors. After an order was delivered, vendors would leave paper invoices at each property that had to be stamped as received and entered. Then the invoices would be driven to the corporate office to be reviewed, after which checks would be printed and physically signed. \u201cThe procurement process took weeks,\u201d said Jennifer Price, IT systems trainer at Walton Communities.<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uk-margin\">\n<h3 class=\"uk-margin-small\">The Solution<\/h3>\n<p class=\"uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">Yardi Procure to Pay Suite<\/p>\n<p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">Yardi Procure to Pay is a centralized, end-to-end accounts payable, procurement and vendor management solution built into the Yardi Voyager platform. Yardi Procure to Pay includes five components: Yardi PayScan, Yardi Marketplace, VendorCafe. VendorShield and Yardi Bill Pay. Residential and commercial property management companies can save time and money by going paperless and fully automating the purchase-to-invoice process.<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uk-margin\">\n<h3 class=\"uk-margin-small\">The Story<\/h3>\n<p class=\"uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">Faster Procurement<\/p>\n<p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">With Yardi Procure to Pay, Walton Communities has been able to significantly speed up the procurement process. Users place orders through Yardi Marketplace, using an easy and familiar online shopping format, and purchase orders are created automatically. \u201cThat\u2019s what we love, the instant creation of the purchase order,\u201d said Price. \u201cIt\u2019s eliminated coding errors, and the time it takes maintenance engineers to key in orders has gone down. For them, it\u2019s a huge time saver.\u201d<br><br>Maintenance staff can efficiently order supplies from vendors, get orders approved and quickly go back to work assisting residents. Many orders arrive the same day.<br><br><strong>Speedy, Paperless Invoicing <br><\/strong>Walton Communities reduces waste and improves vendor relationships via the paperless workflows in Yardi Procure to Pay. After orders are placed and delivered through the online marketplace, invoices are received, approved and paid online using Yardi PayScan. \u201cIt\u2019s a seamless process,\u201d shared Price. Almost all of Walton Communities&#8217; payables are paperless as a result. This has decreased both waste and storage costs, as well as increased speed.<br><br>Electronic invoice processing ensures that vendor payments are made on time and late fees are avoided. \u201cBefore, paper invoices might sit in a folder until the onsite team was ready to process it,\u201d Price continued. \u201cNow our vendors can get paid in the same week.\u201d<br><br><strong>Better Budget Visibility  <br><\/strong>Yardi Procure to Pay gives Walton Communities portfolio-wide oversight of organizational spend. The company can see invoices paid, purchase orders committed and purchase orders approved at any point during the month to assess budget goals. \u201cFor us, it\u2019s important that our property managers, area directors and partners have insight into where revenue is going to be at the end of the month,\u201d Price said. \u201cWith Yardi, we have that.\u201d<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n            <div><\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"cmw-hm-target uk-width-1-3@m uk-flex-first@m\" >\n\n                        <div class=\"uk-display-block uk-width-1-1 uk-padding-small uk-margin-remove\">\n                <div class=\"uk-width-2-3@l uk-align-right\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2019\/05\/walton_horizontal_logo.png\" alt=\"Walton Communities  logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2019\/05\/walton_horizontal_logo.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2019\/05\/walton_horizontal_logo.png\">\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"uk-clearfix\"> <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"uk-clearfix\"> <\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"uk-display-block uk-width-1-1 uk-padding-remove uk-height-1-1 uk-margin-remove uk-cover-container\">\n                <div class=\"uk-position-cover uk-background-image uk-background-repeat\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/cmw-client-success\/public\/images\/plus_dark_tileable.png);\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"uk-position-relative uk-margin-left\">\n                    <div class=\"sidebar-inner uk-width-2-3@l uk-float-right uk-margin-small-right\">\n                        <p class=\"uk-text-muted uk-margin\">Overview<\/p>\n\n                        <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                            <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-small\">Markets<\/p>\n                            <ul class=\"uk-list cmw-list-condensed uk-margin-remove \">\n                                                                    <li>Residential<\/li>\n                                                                    <li>Affordable Housing<\/li>\n                                                                    <li>Multifamily<\/li>\n                                                                                            <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                                <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">Portfolio<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">4,100 residential units\u00a0<br>2,000 tax credit units<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                                <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">Client Since<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">2004<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                            <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-small\">Product Highlighted<\/p>\n                            <ul class=\"uk-list cmw-list-condensed uk-margin-remove \">\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/yardi-procure-to-pay\" target=\"_blank\" >Procure to Pay Suite<\/a><\/li>\n                                                        <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                            <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-small\">Additional Products<\/p>\n                            <ul class=\"uk-list cmw-list-condensed uk-margin-remove \">\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/yardi-payscan\" target=\"_blank\" >PayScan<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/yardi-marketplace\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Marketplace<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/vendorcafe\" target=\"_blank\" >VendorCafe<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/voyager-for-affordable-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Voyager Affordable Housing<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/yardi-voyager-residential\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Voyager Residential<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/rentcafe\/\" target=\"_blank\" >RentCafe<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/rentcafe-affordable\/\" target=\"_blank\" >RentCafe Affordable Housing<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/rentcafe-crm\/\" target=\"_blank\" >RentCafe CRM Flex<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/reach-by-rentcafe\" target=\"_blank\" >REACH by RentCafe<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li>Orion Business Intelligence<\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/yardi-payment-processing\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Payment Processing<\/a><\/li>\n                                                            <li><a href=\"\/products\/utility-invoice-processing\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Utility Invoice Processing<\/a><\/li>\n                                                        <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                                <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">The Benefits<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"uk-margin-remove\">Walton Communities was able to speed up procurement, decrease paper waste and increase budget insight for more efficient and profitable operations.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                        <div class=\"uk-margin\">\n                            <p class=\"uk-text-emphasis uk-text-bold uk-margin-remove\">About Walton Communities <\/p>\n                            \n                                <p class=\"uk-margin-remove\"><a href=\"http:\/\/waltoncommunities.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">waltoncommunities.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n                     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